| Job Title |
Caption Writer |
| Job Description |
Operates Computerized Captioning System To Provide Captions
For Movies Or Taped Television Productions For Hearing-impaired
Viewers, And To Provide Captions (subtitles) In English Or
Foreign Language: Listens To Dialogue Of Production And Writes
Caption Phrases For Dialogue. Watches Production And Reviews
Captions Simultaneously To Determine Which Caption Phrases To
Leave In, Which To Revise, And Where Captions Should Be Placed
On Screen. Enters Commands To Edit And Place Captions, And To
Synchronize Captions With Dialogue. May Write Captions To
Describe Music And Background Noises. May Discuss Captions With
Director, Motion Picture (motion Picture) 159.067-010, Director,
Television (radio-tv Broad.) 159.067-014, Producer (motion
Picture) 187.167-174, Or Producer (radio-tv Broad.) 159.117-010.
May Translate Foreign Language Dialogue Into English Language
Captions, Or Translate English Dialogue Into Foreign Language
Captions. May Oversee Encoding Of Captions To Master Tape Of
Television Production.
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